How tomorrow will be

If you love a child, have a child, are planning on having a child, then you should be thinking about what their world will be like in 10 or 15 years.

Twenty-six people died in a shooting last Sunday in Texas. Was the cause a madman with a gun? Was the cause the gun itself, capable of shooting many rounds in the blink of an eye? Was it the numbness of the American people who have seen this over and over and now don’t think twice? Is it the fault of our government not being able to work together to find a solution? There are even those who say it is the will of God that the men, women, children and babies died.

Now back to the first sentence. What will the world look like for the children alive today or those yet unborn? Imagine walking down your streets as they are today. Now imagine them in the very near future. Will there be guards on every corner with semiautomatics slung across their shoulders? Will you be afraid every time you leave your house? Will there be guards at the doors of your church on Sundays? Will your church lock its doors for its services? Schools are already doing this, locking their doors during the school day. Will your teenager carry a gun because they are afraid of what will happen next? One of the teenagers from Texas said this very thing.

I have lived my life. I have seen my sons grow up to live their lives. It is the young ones that everyone needs to consider. If you are a young parent, if you are a grandparent, if you are the aunts or uncles, you are the ones who will have to rise up and work together for change. The question is how. Help for the mentally ill, limits, bans, recalls on guns. Involvement in your local, state, national government. It will take all of this and then some. LORRIE ADAMS Arkadelphia